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Before the Rain Media Release SYDNEY’S 4A FEATURES HONG KONG IN BEFORE THE RAIN EXHIBITION January 21 – March 29, 2017 MEDIA RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Before the Rain Luke Ching, Liu Ding, James Kong, Sarah Lai, Swing Lam, Ellen Pau, Tang Kwok Hin, Sampson Wong, Yuan Goang-Ming, Curator: Mikala Tai Curatorial Assistant: Micheal Do Image courtesy of The Umbrella Movement Visual Archive and Research Collective. 4A CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY ASIAN ART SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA 21 JANUARY – 29 MARCH 2017 Sydney’s 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art dives into the rifts of democracy in their latest exhibition Before the Rain, opening Saturday 21 January at the Centre in Haymarket, Sydney. Before the Rain addresses the tensions that precipitated the recent political and civil urgency in Hong Kong and the city’s pressing need to reimagine its future. The exhibiting works are imbued with a need to safeguard the city and feature a range of artwork complemented by works from the Umbrella Revolution Visual Archive. The presence of heavy humidity signals the inevitability of a downpour that will interrupt and intercept patterns of normality. For Hong Kong, a city defined by humidity, “The Umbrella Movement” that began on September 28 2014 was the result of a long and steady buildup of uncertainty, anxiety and the long held need to articulate a cohesive identity for the city. Before the Rain’s artists frame the conversation from a multiplicity of perspectives presenting the complexity and concerns of a city facing a future planned by others. They approach the city with an intent to protect it; their works may appear as warnings but they are underpinned by a need to safeguard. Commissioned for the exhibition is a new work by Sampson Wong that transforms the entrance of the gallery into a narration of the Umbrella Movement. Ephemera taken from the streets, continuous loops of CCTV and news footage, blogs, tweets and newspapers will populate the gallery inviting the viewer to sift through the materials SYDNEY’S 4A FEATURES HONG KONG IN BEFORE THE RAIN EXHIBITION January 21 – March 29, 2017 Media Contact: Bridie Moran T: 2 9212 0380 M: 0402926031 E: [email protected] and navigate their own opinion of a city in flux. Before the Rain responds to a continuously evolving discourse that shifts and tangents are proving to be one of the most critical events in South East Asia’s recent history. The exhibition is open to the public and will be open daily (Tuesday – Sunday) at the Centre’s Gallery at 181- 187 Hay Street, Haymarket, and will run from 21 January to 29 March 2017. Exhibition opening and associated events: Exhibition Opening Saturday January 21, 2017 4.00pm – 6.00pm Before the Rain will be opened by Michael Lynch, AM, CBE, who has served as Interim Director, National Art School; Chief Executive of the Sydney Opera House; General Manager of the Australia Council; General Manager of the Sydney Theatre Company; Chief Executive of London’s Southbank Centre and as Chief Executive of the West Kowloon Cultural District, Hong Kong. VIP Media Event & Artist Talk Monday January 23, 2017 11AM – 12PM Join Before the Rain artist and artistic leader of the movement, Sampson Wong, for a special artist talk event. For details, please email [email protected] Exhibition venue: 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art 181-187 Hay St, Haymarket, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia Open Tuesday – Friday: 11am-5pm Saturday and Sunday: 11am to 4pm (excluding public holidays) Public Programs: Cinema Alley: Ten Years - Thursday 2 February 2017 Golden Age Cinema, tickets on sale mid-January 2017. As part of the exhibition Before the Rain five young Hong Kong directors consider the future of their city. Ten Years (103 minutes, Cantonese drama, with Chinese and English subtitles), was one of the 2015 HKAFF Center- pieces, is a collection of five short stories; a prophecy, and a fable for Hong Kong. Congee Breakfast Tour – 10AM, Saturday 11 March 2017 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art // Chinatown, bookings open mid-January 2017 Join 4A Assistant Curator, Micheal Do, for a pre-work tour of Before the Rain and get a taste of Hong Kong with breakfast congee. Places for this special tour are limited and this event is presented as part of Art Month Sydney. Exhibition dates: 21 January – 29 March 2017 #BeforetheRain www.4a.com.au SYDNEY’S 4A FEATURES HONG KONG IN BEFORE THE RAIN EXHIBITION January 21 – March 29, 2017 Media Contact: Bridie Moran T: 2 9212 0380 M: 0402926031 E: [email protected] To register for our media preview, RSVP to the opening or arrange an interview with the artists or curator, contact Bridie Moran, Marketing, Communications and Development Manager at 4A: [email protected], +61 402926031 **ENDS** ABOUT THE ARTISTS: Luke Ching (b.1972, Hong Kong; lives in Hong Kong) is an inter-disciplinary artist creating multimedia installations in which traditional and new media coexist in an imperfect balance. His work identifies and attempts to deconstruct the changer urban landscapes of his home city as emblematic of Hong Kong’s pluralist history as one location caught between eastern and western hemispheres. Ching has held a number of solo exhibitions including Screensaver (2014), Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong; as park of the Folk Art Series (2008), Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery, Blackburn, England; and 2 in 1 (2007), Hong Kong Visual Art Centre, Hong Kong. He has participated in group exhibitions not limited to Ceramics Show by Non-ceramics Artist (2015), 1a space, Hong Kong; The Invisible Hand: Curating as Gesture (2014), CAFAM Biennale, Beijing, China; The Problem of Asia (2010), Chalk Horse, Sydney; and the Hong Kong Art Biennial Exhibition 2005 (2005), Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong. Since completing his Master of Fine Art in 1998 at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Luke Ching has received awards both in Hong Kong and abroad while undertaking residencies internationally in the United Kingdom, the United States of America and Japan. Liu Ding (b.1976, Changzhou, China, lives in Beijing) pursues a research-based practice that manifests in a range of media, from painting to theatre production, as well as curatorial and theoretical work. His most recent work involves appropriating the aesthetics and creative system of Chinese socialist realism, particularly in painting, to reappraise its legacy in art and visual culture. Through contrasts and comparisons between past and present archetypes, Liu examines shifting ideas of the model citizen, the role of artists and intellectuals in society, and conditions of cultural production and historical knowledge. Typified by a large, politically loaded rendering of the year 1989 in the corner of a computer desktop window, Liu's paintings address emergent forms and conventions of seeing, showing and experiencing enabled by new technologies, with significant implications for public discourse in China and elsewhere. James Kong (b. 1985, Hong Kong; lives in Hong Kong) graduated with a Bachelor of Science at the School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong. Since then, as an Interactive Media Engineer he dedicates his creative work to explore human-computer interaction and the application of multimedia techniques to theatrical environments. He also explores the possibilities of computational media in the arts. Sarah Lai (b. 1983, Hong Kong; lives in Hong Kong) is a painter concerned with beautifying and capturing the aura of the mundane. Her subjects are often highly familiar objects or environments detached from the humdrum of everyday life, deprived of their utilitarian functions, allowing the artist to subtly abstract the concepts of form and function as relics of contemporary commodity culture. A recent Master of Fine Arts graduate from The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Lai has consistently held solo exhibitions in Hong Kong including Unsettled Heart (2016), The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Kong Kong; In Stasis (2015), Art Basel Hong Kong, Para Site, Hong Kong; and Safety Island (2013), Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong. Her works are collected internationally after participating in group exhibitions internationally, such as The 2nd CAFAM Future Exhibition (2015), CAFA Art Museum, Beijing, China; I submit to the wisdom of the body (2015), Silverlens Gallery, Manila, Philippines; The Hong Kong International Art Fair (2013), Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong; and the Sovereign Art Prize (2010), ARTSPACE at Helutrans, Singapore. SYDNEY’S 4A FEATURES HONG KONG IN BEFORE THE RAIN EXHIBITION January 21 – March 29, 2017 Media Contact: Bridie Moran T: 2 9212 0380 M: 0402926031 E: [email protected] Swing Lam (b.1986, Hong Kong, lives in Hong Kong) specialises in various art forms, including painting, performance art, temporary architecture research and is involved in cultural and urban sketching studies. He writes arts and cultural columns for Mingpao and Stand News amongst others. He earned a bachelor degree of Visual Arts in HKBU and a MA intercultural studies in CUHK and is one of the fotanian artists concentrated on drawing, painting and happenings. Swing started the project Flaneur 11 in 2012’s spring; a project of waking across 10 cities over the world. Swing showed his project in Atelier Muji gallery as his first solo exhibition in spring 2013. RTHK also made an documentary of his work in January 2013. In 2014, he developed a Facebook page to introduce and study some of the featured architecture, tools and creations found. It helped the public look into the temporary facilities from an artistic point of view. In the project Swing embraced his experience of walking through cities and his interaction with the public in this public space. Currently, Swing is working as a Lecturer in Lingnan University Community college for Art and design courses.
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